Sentences with phrase «adverse jury verdict»

An adverse jury verdict, or even a trial court's summary judgment (which the client might be able to get vacated as part of a settlement in exchange for no appeal) is easier to deal with in future cases, and certainly is not as significant as an adverse decision on appeal, especially one that affirmatively rejects the position advanced for reversal and graphically explains why.

The Pennsylvania Superior Court vacated an adverse jury verdict and remanded for the entry of judgment notwithstanding the verdict in favor of Kim's client on the basis that the trial court failed to make the threshold determination of whether an absolute privilege applied to the hospital's use of the plaintiff's confidential personnel file at a labor relations hearing involving unionization of nurses.

This policy also provides an attorney for the defense and pays for costs of settlement or adverse jury verdict.

This policy provides an attorney for the defense and pays for costs of settlement or adverse jury verdict.

Not exact matches

Won jury verdict for Microsoft on three out of four patents, adverse verdict on one patent reversed by Federal Circuit.

Justice Sanderson rejected Aviva's argument and said: «For this court to let proportionality be the overriding, or even the predominant factor, would be grossly unfair to (Persampieri) and would be to reward the uncompromising, and — in the light of the jury verdict — unreasonable behaviour of the insurer...» Justice Sanderson agreed that insurers can pursue whatever legal strategy they deem fit, but added that, «especially where such strategies may have wide ranging and adverse implications involving widespread denial of access to justice, the use of such strategies should not be encouraged by the giving of cost breaks on foreseeable costs consequences.»